BPFK Section: Digressives
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Proposed Definitions And Examples
cmavo: sei (SEI)
Proposed Definition
Starts a discursive (metalinguistic) bridi used to express the speaker's state, opinion or beliefs about the surrounding sentence(s). In particular, it can be used to indicate who the speaker of a quoted text is. The cmavo sa'a or sa'anai can be added to indicate that the sei-expression is an insertion or part of a verbatim quote respectively. The discursive bridi can't have trailing sumti unless linked to the selbri with BE/BEI/BEhO.
See Also
- {se'u}
- {be}
- {bei}
- {be'o}
Proposed Keywords
- discursive bridi
Usage Examples
- .i ku'i fe'e mo'a roi trene sei mi zo roi kelci pilno
- But there are trains in too few places (to use "roi" playfully).
- .i lu ko jgari be cy. sisti sei ko'a cusku li'u
- Let go of him, he said.
cmavo: se'u (SEhU)
Proposed Definition
Terminator for SEI and SOI.
See Also
- {sei}
- {ti'o}
- {soi}
Proposed Keywords
- terminator
Usage Examples
- lo ve skina cu sei la tsani cu jinvi se'u jai te finti lo skina
- The audience —thinks Sky— is the purpose for which are made movies.
cmavo: to (TO)
Proposed Definition
Indicates the start of a parenthetical remark which must be grammatical Lojban text.
See Also
- {toi}
Proposed Keywords
- start parenthesis
Usage Examples
.i ba bo lo fengu voksa to be la ractu toi co'e lu ju'i .pat. ju'i .pat. do ma zvati li'u
Next came an angry voice--the Rabbit's--'Pat! Pat! Where are you?'
cmavo: to'i (TO)
Proposed Definition
Indicates the start of an editorial remark which must be grammatical Lojban text. Equivalent to {to sa'a}.
See Also
- {to}
- {toi}
- {sa'a}
Proposed Keywords
- editorial unquote
Usage Examples
- lu .ei do ckeji sei la .alis. cusku .i do barda nixli to'i ju'o drani toi .i .i'e nai ca'o tai klaku .i .e'i ko ca sisti li'u
- 'You ought to be ashamed of yourself,' said Alice, 'a great girl like you,' (she might well say this), 'to go on crying in this way! Stop this moment, I tell you!'
cmavo: toi (TOI)
Proposed Definition
Terminator for TO. Used to end an parenthetical or editorial remark.
See Also
- {to}
- {to'i}
Proposed Keywords
- end parenthesis
- terminator
Usage Examples
- .i do doi la .aisas. to ma .au dai do mi cmene toi ckire la vensa bau la glibau ki'u ma
- You, Aisas (how do you want me to call you?), thank Springtime in English for what reason?
Notes
TOI is currently seldom elidable. I believe that currently it is only elidable at the end of text. It is the belief of .xorxes., me, and possibly others that it should never be elidable. - .aionys.
- TOI is elidible in lots of places. It's rather easy to come up with examples such as mi klama to zo'o gi'e stali or mi to mi tatpi cu surla. --selpa'i